Improvement in wheel-tires



I. N. PYLE. WHEEL-TIRE.

No- 189,386. Patented April 10, 1877.

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ISAAC N. PYLE, OF DECATUR, INDIANA.

IMPROVEMENT IN WHEEL-TIRES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 189,386, dated April 10, 1877; application filed March 19, 1877.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ISAAG N. PYLE, of Decatur, in the county of Adams and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Wagon-Tire, of which the following is a specification:

Figure 1 is a side view of a portion of the rim of a wheel to which my improved tire has been applied. Fig. 2 is a crosssection of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object of this invention is to furnish animproved tire for vehicle-wheels, which shall be so constructed as to hold the wheel firmly together, and prevent the tire from coming off or rattling should the fellies shrink.

The invention consists in the outer tire made with the groove upon its inner surface,

tire B has a groove, b formed in its inner surface to receive the tongue a of the fellies A, which groove is made alittle smaller than the tongue at, so that when shrunk upon the wheel it may hug the follies, and draw them down firmly upon the shoulders of the spokes. Upon the inner surface of the inner tire B, at each side of its groove b, are formed two lips, 1) 12 The inner lips b fit into the grooves a of the fellies, and the outer lips b fit upon the bevels a of said fellies. This arrangement prevents the tire from rattling should the fellies shrink. Upon the outer surface of the inner tire Bis formed a tongue, b, to enter a groove, 0 in the inner surface of the outer tire O, which groove is made a little smaller than the said tongue 11*, so that the outer tire 0 may hug the inner tire B snugly when shrunk upon it, and may draw said inner tire B more firmly down upon the follies, making the entire wheel firm and strong. This construction leaves the outer edges of the outer tire thick to receive the wear.

Having thus described my invention,I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent The outer tire 0, made with the groove 0 upon its inner surface, and the inner tire B, made with the tongue b upon its outer surface, and the groove b and the two pairs of lips b b upon its inner surface, in combination with the fellies A, made with the tongue a the two grooves 06*, and the two bevels a upon their face, substantially as herein shown and described.

ISAAC. N. PYLE. Witnesses:

L. D. PHELPS, JACOB FoRLoW. 

